Cotton-cultivator



(No Model.)

' H. B.V FRY.

- GDTTON GULTIVATUR. 110.281,259. 4 Patented July 17, 1883.

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HUGH B. FRY, OF'BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS.

COTTON-CULTIVATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 281,259, dated July 17,1883.

Application filed January 26,1883. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom. ztmay concern..-

Be it known that I, HUGH B. FRY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Batesville, in the county of Independence and State ofArkansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCotton-Cultivators, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to cotton choppers and cultivators; and vitconsists in certain details of construction and arrangement of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described in thespecification, and pointed out inthe accompanying drawings, in which-Figure l is a plan view of my device; Fig. 2, a side elevation of same,and Fig. 3 a detail perspective view of the grooved drum or cylinderwhich actuates the chopping-lever.

leferring more particularly to the drawings, A represents the beams ormain frame of the device, and B the drive-wheels which turn the shaft C,which is supported by suitable bearin gs on the beams A. Loosely mounted on the shaft C is a drum or cylindrical piece, M, having an eccentricgroove, O, cut therein to receive a stud, P, on the under side of thelever F. This lever F is pivota'lly secured at one end to the cross-barE, journaled in bearings e on the beams A. The free end of the lever Fis slotted to receive a bar, G, provided with a chopping-blade, G", saidbar being attached to the lever F by a bolt, g'.

Fivotally attached to one of the handles D (preferably the right-handone) is a lever, (j, having pivotally secured to it a rod, Q, the lowerend oi' which enters au opening in the arm R, attached to the pivotedcross-bar E.

One or more cultivator blades or shares, H, may be attached to theframe-pieces A at suitable points for the purpose. At the front end ofthe beams A a metal plate, K, receives said ends and is perforated toreceive the standard i of the guide-rollers or wheels I and the draftmeans. The shaft C has a ratchet, a,

at one side of the drum M, the drum being provided on this side with apawl and spring, b c. By-this means when the ciltivator is moved forwardthe pawl engages with the ratchet and compels the drum to turn with theshaft C. TWhen the cultivator is moved backward ,this engagement doesnot take place, and the drum and therefore the lever F are not actuated.

The bar G can be adjusted in the slot at the end of the lever F, so asto bring the chopping-blade near to or far away from the ground,

as the necessity of the case may require.

In operation, the studl l? is normally in the groove O. As the machinemoves forward over the ground, the shaft G imparts motion to the grooveddrum M, and this in turn imparts (through the intervention of stud l?) areciprocating motion to the bar F and chopper. lf at any time it isdesired to stop the chopping, as in thin cotton, or in ground in whichthere are stones, roots, stumps, &c., it is only necessar;T to pressback the lever g, which turns back the arm It, and this arm turns thecross-bar E and raises the lever F and stud P from engagement with thegroove O. By releasing the lever g this engagement is again made,

At a suitable point forward oi' the shaft C' is a cross-bar, S, whichsupports the lever F, and which acts as a guide for the lever in itstraverse movement.

The groove O can be so cut as to make the lever F and chopping-bladetravel back and forth in intervals necessary to form an ordinary standof cotton.

The roller-standard i, which passes through openings in the plate K, isheld in place by an upper and lower nut, so that the front end of thebeams can be raised or lowered, as required. This plate K is preferablyslotted or open across its rear end, wherethe front ends of the beamsare inserted, so that said beams may be placed nearer together orfarther apart and be held in place by suitable set-screws or bolts.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. The combination,in a cotton-.chopper and cultivator, of the adjustable beam, theactuating-shaft, a grooved drum loosely mounted on said shaft, achopping-lever pivotally secured to a cross-bar journaled to the beams,with a lever pivotally secured to one of the handles, and connected bymeans of a rod and arm to 2 l www said cross-bar, spbstztntally asshown7 and for In testimony whereof I ax my signature in the purposese/tfforth. presence of two witnesses.

2. In a cotton chopper and oultvzttor, the combination, With the beamsand actuating HUGH B. FRY.

5 mechanism, of the grooved drum M7 lever F,

pvoted. cross-bar E, and lever g, Connected IVtnesses: to said bar E byrod q and amm B," as and for M. A. WYooUGH, the purpose set forth. J.It. MARTIN.

